mr daniels --- south spur

[drock]

i'm going up to the alpine lakes region and will have the opportunity to scramble/climb mt daniels from the south side, near venus and spade lake. beckey's book talks of a route on the south spur, with very little detail. does anyone have detail on this route and what to expect as a solo effort ?

[CascadeClimber]

I've been over the pass between Circle and Venus. If you are talking about the ridge that starts there, expect loose, crumbly, jagged rock and significant exposure.

You can access the SE ridge from the outlet of Circle by scrambling up slabs and steep heather. A better option, in my opinion.

-Loren

[drock]

thanks for the info, i'll look closely at the sw scramble you mentioned.

thanks

drock

[fredrogers]

Check Peggy Goldman's scrambling book (Think it's called 75 Summits- alpine scrambles in Washington). Published by the Mountaineers Books. It has the best description of the SE Ridge I've seen yet.

We descended the SE Ridge after climbing the Lynch Glacier in July. A little loose and scrumbly, but not bad. Take an ice axe with you if you can- there were some hard snow patches with bad runouts on the SW side of the East Peak.